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Our work and hospitals

Harefield Hospital

Harefield Hospital is situated in extensive grounds in the countryside just outside London. It is close to the M40, the M25 and within easy reach of Heathrow airport and has ample car parking.

Heart and lung expertise

The hospital has more than 1,300 staff, five operating theatres and four catheter laboratories. Harefield Hospital has 168 beds, including beds for:

cardiac and thoracic surgery

cardiology

day case unit

adult intensive care

the transplant unit.

The hospital is one of the largest and most experienced centres in the world for heart and lung transplants. It has jointly pioneered work in the development of ‘artificial hearts’ (also known as left ventricular assist devices or LVADs).

At our dedicated heart attack centre we deal with heart attack emergencies from outer north-west London, providing primary angioplasty in our specialist catheter laboratories. We believe our arrival-to-treatment time of 27 minutes is one of the fastest in Europe. Speed of treatment has been shown to be crucial to survival in these cases.

Minimally invasive surgery

We are also pioneering work in minimally invasive surgery which allows some patients to undergo surgery through a small incision, minimising the impact of the procedure.

The hospital is a major centre for the treatment of:

lung cancer

chest cancer and oesophagal cancers

other chest surgery.

Much of the hospital’s pioneering research is performed alongside the Heart Science Centre, which investigates the causes and treatments of heart disease and is based within the hospital grounds.